Libby Hill

Libby Hill is a small neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia located on the southern spur of Church Hill and overlooking the James River. During the early 1730s, while surveying a view of the James and the area from Libby Hill, William Byrd II was reminded of the view of the River Thames from Richmond-upon-Thames, England, leading to his naming of the new city as "Richmond". It was first built upon in 1796, and it was named for Luther Libby, who built his home in 1851. It later came to be home to the Libby Hill Park and the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.